Articles by Luke Hughes, Staff Writer

Luke Hughes holds the role of Staff Writer at TechRadar Pro, producing news, features and deals content across topics ranging from computing to cloud services, cybersecurity, data privacy and business software.

They are also responsible for managing a selection of our buying guides, which are kept up to date with the latest and greatest products and services. PR agencies are encouraged to get in touch with information about new products and services.

Separately, Luke is interested in receiving pitches around the evolution of ways of working, technology companies with ambitions to change the world and the latest security vulnerabilities.

Luke holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing from The University of Nottingham.

Articles by: Luke Hughes

With just $700 and a Raspberry Pi — you too can become a cybercriminal

By Luke Hughes Published 27 March 24

GEOBOX, an operating system turning Raspberry Pis into simple anonymous cyberattack tools, is being sold on Telegram.

Data center server room lit with green lights

Data center energy use set to spike ‘six-fold’ in a decade

By Luke Hughes Published 27 March 24

It also doesn’t believe that the grid is fit for purpose, calling for ‘bold action’ to reform ‘constrained infrastructure’.

Many neurodivergent tech employees are burning out

By Luke Hughes Published 26 March 24

Tech jobs are struggling to keep neurodivergent employees on board - and with over 5 million people identifying as such in the United Kingdom alone, that’s a big problem.

Microsoft says Russian companies will be forced off its cloud services within days

By Luke Hughes Published 25 March 24

Microsoft extended its original March 20 deadline to give customers time to transition to other cloud services, but is stopping for real now.

Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is going open source, but maybe not for the right reasons

By Luke Hughes Published 12 March 24

Amid Elon Musk’s lawsuit claiming that Sam Altman’s OpenAI betrayed its non-profit roots, Grok’s source code is being released to the public.

iDrive are giving some Microsoft 365 users unlimited cloud storage… sort of

By Luke Hughes Published 11 March 24

Automated and encrypted file backups plus ‘granular’ recovery are coming to iDrive backup, for a price.

Switzerland’s cybersecurity experts still can’t Xplain how federal documents made it to the dark web

By Luke Hughes Published 8 March 24

Fallout from a 2023 attack on Xplain, a company that provides software to the Swiss government and military, continues with the country’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)’s post-mortem report.

Forget Windows and macOS — Linux market share reaches a new high as users search for an alternative

By Luke Hughes Published 6 March 24

Dominance of Windows continues, but Linux’ popularity is making leaps in a year that, at one point, took a decade on average.

Apple is being sued for its cloud backup monopoly on iOS

By Luke Hughes Published 5 March 24

A new California class-action filing’s key complaint is that iOS users can’t backup device settings and application data on anything but iCloud.

Three people working on a problem at a PC screen.

Some major tech firms still can't program their software to deal with leap days

By Luke Hughes Published 1 March 24

Companies maintaining VMs, servers, and self-service checkouts face difficulties accounting for the extra day in their software even now.

Windows 11 is becoming a much more ‘accessible and productive experience’

By Luke Hughes Published 1 March 24

The latest update to Microsoft’s operating system promises enhancements and AI Copilot integration for vital accessibility features.

Many workers don’t care about cybersecurity or ransomware, new report decrees

By Luke Hughes Published 27 February 24

UK tech workers are showing a disregard for cybersecurity in 2024, despite knowing all the risks.

This wireless charger cyberattack could literally set your phone on fire

By Luke Hughes Published 21 February 24

Wireless chargers are fast becoming a cool and convenient way to charge smartphones - but VoltSchemer exploit isn’t cool, it’s 536F (280C).

The FBI is more preoccupied than ever with Chinese malware

By Luke Hughes Published 20 February 24

FBI Director Christopher Wray cited the disruption of Volt Typhoon as a recent success in protecting American Infrastructure.

EU urged to stop Meta offering an ad-free subscription service in the EU

By Luke Hughes Published 19 February 24

28 organisations have co-signed an open letter

Microsoft is still warning eager developers to back up their Dev Drives in latest Windows update

By Luke Hughes Published 16 February 24

A persistent bug, nuking Dev Drives when rolling back to previous versions of Windows, circles the drain.

A tiny live-boot Linux installation is back from the dead — sleeping giant awakens for a new lease of life

By Luke Hughes Published 14 February 24

Live-boot, lightweight Linux installations are fairly common these days, but they may have just awoken a giant.

Tech bosses are desperate to make AI PCs happen — and spoiler alert, they probably will

By Luke Hughes Published 12 February 24

Tech companies are doing their utmost best to convince you that an AI PC is the thing you need the most in your life, right now, in exchange for your money. What is an AI PC? Who cares!

Amazon is laying off hundreds of workers in its healthcare division

By Luke Hughes Published 7 February 24

Amazon’s cutthroat job loss strategy is extending to Amazon Health Services.

Bad news for devs — the one feature that made Linux better than Windows is finally jumping ship

By Luke Hughes Published 6 February 24

Microsoft might be bringing 'sudo' to Windows in a potentially painful move for developers.

Apple just launched a new open-source programming language

By Luke Hughes Published 5 February 24

Apple wants to make configuration easy and scalable with Pkl

Image composite. Big Ben collapses while an android lays across its spire.

AI in education isn’t a crisis, it’s an indictment of the whole thing as a means to an end

By Luke Hughes Published 3 February 24

Or, ‘intrepid misery reporter has epiphany’

Linux users beware — this security flaw could allow attackers to get root on major distros, so take extra care

By Luke Hughes Published 31 January 24

Flaw in versions 2.36 and 2.37 of the GNU C (glibc) library could grant unauthorised root access to attackers, bad news helped only by the fact that it’s unlikely to be exploitable remotely.

ChatGPT is leaking… again — we shouldn’t be surprised but we should be disturbed

By Luke Hughes Published 30 January 24

Recent incidents again prove OpenAI’s giant data sponge is not your friend, colleague, or personal organizer

Google just settled its multi-billion dollar AI tech patent trial

By Luke Hughes Published 28 January 24

Singular founder showed Google employees his designs under NDA, and then discovered his inventions incorporated into Google’s own Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) devices and data centers.

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